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Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-01-31

Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-01-31 page 1

WEATHER Fair Sunday, except snow flurries near the central and eastern lake's shore, colder in northern portion; Monday fair, : MAIN SECTION six '; SECTIONS 4 NINETY-NINTH .YEAR. No. 3l. COLUMBUS, OHIO, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1909. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. tot State 3 mxmh STORM PASSES: MODERATE Blizzard Quits Columbus After Causing Minimum of Suffering and Inconvenience. SNOW NOT HEAVY Drifts, However, Cause . Some Traffic Troubles Tempera ture to Moderate. The worst clsty Columbus has had this winter, though not the coldest, : became passable as night drew on by the practical cessation of the snow and a decline In wind velocity. During the 36 hours preceding 7 o'clock last night four inches of dry snow had fallen, driven by a strong northwest wind into, deep drifts In many parts of the " city... The mercury had fallen to a point well toward zero, but the wind, coming off the warmer waters of Lake Erie, prevented the extreme fall which had been expected. Last midnight the weather bureau thermograph registered 13, a fall, of only 1.7 from 9 " o'clock, with the wind blowing "'18 miles an hour northwest. The sky was only partly cloudy and the snow had ceased. Unless the wind should decline to practically nil, there was no prospect then that zero weather would lie even approximated by this morning. - Much suffering was caused In the city, more by the high wind and driving snow than by the cold, and there was some delay to street car traffic, but in the nain car schedules were well maintained and the charity organizations promptly relieved all the ciises of suffering reported. The snow it'L served to ameliorate conditions sol; Ewhat, by furnishing temporary eijiploymAit for many men otherwise idle and In want. Steam Traffics Delayed. Few ' trains have entered Columbus on time since : the bllsszavd first entered Columbus; street car schedules have not been free from violation and telephone and telegraph wires have not been dependable. On the whole, however, there has been little material trouble. Reports of transportation and communication troubles . in Columbus and tfte immediate vicinity are lighter than as the result of the storm of three weeks ago. . While the wind has been-. higher the , 8now'..4w,hiV .'.lighter.1" ' - Telephone ' and telegraph companies report-comparative freedom from difficulties As. one wire chief explained it: "This is the Becond storm of the winter, and is never as hard on Us as the , first. . During the summer the wires expand, with the long hoating. With the first real cold, they contract suddenly, and In many, plaoes snap. After the wires reach their winter density they are comparatively dependable, even in a severe storm." . Soma Wire Troubles. The Western . Union had some trouble in reaching Chicago, and west of hat many of the lines, were down or, oat In big snow drifts. Racine, VfiBl, was cut off the Postal map, but messages were carried through to other points. Madison, Wis., was unable to make a weather report last night. Both telephone companies denied reports of breakdowns and declared local troubles were isolated and of minor importance. Passenger trains , arrived at the Union station and the West Broad street depot , from 10 to 30 minutes late. Those arriving from the West were furthest from their schedules, but there were , no serious delays, freight trains, as is usual in storms, Were slightly : later than passenger . trains. 1 . . ,;, Interurban electric lines generally maintained their " schedules, or approached them. No line was 'laid out. The trouble was shifting-' and temporary, depending on the size and location of drifts piled up by the wind's freaks. Most trouble was experienced on the Westerville line. There were . heavy drifts at Maple Heights, the toll-gates and Linden, where the snow was at times banked nine feet deep. A big rotary plow and a scraper opened the line during the evening, and regular schedules were maintained on the later runs. -Street Cars Sometimes Bunched. In the city I there was occasional -i bunching of street cars on lines where frequent service, is -maintained. This t was caused by slippery rails. When on car got behind It delayed others, 'C"ViST to handle the accumulation of lflengers. From 2:80 o'clock Saturday morning until the middle of the afternoon the entire snow fighting , equipment' was in operation, with the , usual storm crew of about 100 extra , men, and kept the lines -comparatively wclear. Early, this morning the sweep-. ers went over the lines to dispose of occasional drifts that accumulated during the period of idleness. Main street, from Rose avenue to Alum creek, portions of West Broad . street, Nell avenue and other lines that are low or exposed ; to the sweep of wind through open territory, made the i most trouble.; '' . .. Records of the Day,- .. Maximum temperature for the -day was 21, a rise from 15 in the early . morning, and tl7 at 7 o'clock. From the top it receded to 15.4, but rose again to 17 at 7 in the. evening. After that i the decline was slow;, to 14.7 at 9 and , . slower still to 13 at midnight. Mean, at 18, wag : 11 degrees below normal, and reduoed the year's excess of temperature to- Ul. The snow, estimated .at 3.6 inches for the 24 hours, was equal to .29 of precipitation, and reduced the moisture deficiency to ;3. The coldest place in the country, last night, was Duluth, which reported 12 below zertf: St. Paul had 6 below, but in t-4far Northwest temperatures were ' r,"J , under the Influence of a low . preSire area developing , nortli of Washington. v ' . . ' The high pressure area which sent , the cold wave to Columbus was re sponsible for a very peculiar appear ' ance of the night weather map. With its center' approximately i at ;. Omaha. Neb., it lay, like a) trough clear across . the country, extending far into Canada '. ana into the Gulf of Mexico. Beltof Clear and Cold. ' As the result, all along the Missis-: slppl valley it was clear and cold while east of a line expanding through i' l'outliiiul oa fecund fane , ' . ON THE JOB SPEAKING of the man en the job, come down to The State Journal office one of these fine , winter mornings, along about the time the press starts en the city edition, and see the real thing. The stuff that's in The Newsboy is the same sort that goes to make up a Bill Taft, or a Christy Mat-theweon or a Jack Binns. They're on the job; that's all, and Old Opportunity will have a hard time of it to . make a getaway when he concludes to knock.. Take yesterday mornin-, for instance. Anybody that wet out at 3 a. m. knnwa that the Weather Bureau was prevaricating when it announced that the wind blew 40 miles an hour. It was going an 80-mile clip at least, and then some, and the enow cut into your face like a whip lash and your feet lathered and floundered around in the drifts till you couldn't see where you were going and oouldn't have gone anyhow. But The News-boys got there, every one of them, and not one a fraction of a minute late with the paper at your door. All of which might have been expected from The Newsboys, for ths simple reason that they're on the job. FRESH AIR SCHOOL TO CAUSE A Board of Education Meeting Tomorrow Night Expected to Be Explosive. , Proposed Location of School in North Side to Be Bitterly Fought and Defended. A fight is expected at " tomorrow night's meeting of the board of education when strong influence will be brought to bear on the . members for and against the location of the pro posed fresh air school in the Hudson street . site' by members of the local society fighting the disease and . pro-testing North Bide citizens'!,: . .. By unanimous vote 'of the 11 mem bers present, tile school board recently decided to build the school, but the question of definitely selecting the site will be decided at tomorrow evening's meeting. In addition tn tho TTi,,io,m sfreot ita tho i. ui . .i. street site there are available for the building, lots in Schiller street; at Mt. Vernon and Taylor avenues; in .West Broad street and in Linwood avenue. Members of the special committee of the board appointed to secure a site and adopt plans have unanimously decided in favor of the Hudson street site and it is likely they will argue for the Doara 10 purcnase it. Mrs. Blaok Defends Site. Mrs. Samuel L. Black, president of the Columbus Society for the Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis, says the Hudson street -site is tho best of the available properties, and that the location of the school on any of the other lots may defeat the purpose for which it is to be established. She says the children of the protesting North Side citizens will be better protected by the location of the building in the North End. . . Children affected with' tuberculosis are now riding in all the Btreet cars, and there is not a school building in the city which has not one or more of the unfortunate pupils, according to Mrs. Black. This wholesale exposure can be stopped only by, the establishment of a fresh air school to segregate the tuberculous children, said she. "The protest Is unwarranted," said Mrs. Black. "The facts have been greatly exaggerated and I believe the protestors are acting under a mis taken impression. At the present time our society has found 40 tuberculous children among the public school pupils, so for several years the children of these people protesting have been exposed to the dread disease., . Rights of the Children. "These children, in the ' first stapes, are entitled to receive Instruction, The purpose of this new school Is to edut cate the unfortunate mentally; to teach them how to ; preserve their health and to protect the public. The fresh air schools will be a strong factor In the future education of puny and sickly children and all public, epirid citizens sould . work together to make the first experiment successful." Members of the sanitary committee of the North Side chamber of commerce resent the insinuation that their action was prompted by fear that property values In that vicinity would suffer from the location selected. . They declare that when hundreds of young people come here from everywhere to attend O. , S. U. and the medical colleges, they are entitled to protection, practically as guests of the city. ' Tba committeemen Insist that they acted solely from a sanitary and humanitarian standpoint. They will never permit the site to be us.ed until they have been defeated through all the courts. : i, Plenty of Other Sites. ' r.'V "It would seem to me wisdom to select a site, more accessible to the center of the city, . yet with fewer surrounding residences," said one member; of 'the committee. "There, are enough locations of : that kind. One might be found around Linden. "It would be a sensible plan,1 then to arrange to carry them from Broad and High streets, at least, to the school r and return In a special car, which could bo fumigated after , each trip. ... With so many going in a rearular car at the same time the danger of contagion io uiner passengers Is worth considering.; It is vastly greater than with one or two tubercular passengers." , h Dies at Age of 103. HOMESTEAD. . Ind., Jan. 30 Mrs. Sarah Vail, 103 years old, la dead at ha, hnrnn hnrn . TTai. hv,lffht hi, ,i. w iivs heun guud and her memory was ujuas-kable. .. , reuu 1 PRISON WAHDEn i . .'-m -Rg.i-II BRIBE MED I -i, rnfe Head of Michigan Penitentiary Arrested at Instance of a Contracting Firm. FIND MARKED BILL Alleged to Have Entered Into Deal to Use His Influence in Changing Contract. JACKSON. Mich., Jan. 30. Warden Allen N. Armstrong of the state prison was arrested this afternoon charged with accepting a bribe. The complainant is General Fred W. Green of Ionia, president of the Acme Reed Furniture company, which has a contract chair factory in the prison. The company wants to change its contract so that it can manufacture chairs from paper fiber. In this : desire the company claimed it has been obstructed by Warden Armstrong, and General Green says he suspected that the warden was opposing the plans in order to extort money from the company. Justice Russell signed a warrant for the warden's arrest on the complaint signed by General Green. The warrant was served at the prison and General Green declared that the numbers of 1100 of currency taken from Warden Armstrong at the time of his arrest tallied with , the numbers of bills he said he had given the warden yesterday, which, he alleged, the warden at the secret conference had taken to bind a bargain, and said he would give his influence for the company for $5000 cash and 3200 per month for three years, the payments to be contingent upon his success in getting the board to adopt . the change of contract desired by the company. Warden Armstrong furnished $6000 bail and was released. "Witnesses Behind Doors. General Green said this afternoon that yesterday at the Otsego hotel, in this city, he hid behind folding doors H. A. Gilmartln, a newspaper reporter, and A. D. McBlrney, a prospective stockholder in the furniture company, so they might hear -the conversation between Warden Armstrong and himself. General. Green said he met the warden by appointment. The warden maintained silence, General Green said, when he asked what he would take for his influence with the board. Then, said General Green, he suggested to the wardtm that they each write down a figure on paper and see how closely ' they agreed. General Green said he wrote $500fl, while he alleged Warden Armstrong wrote "5M and $200 per month for three years." V '.'''; According to General Green, the warden tore up the paper written by Arm strong and tnrew tne pieces into a cuspidor, from which they were later f rpmnut,y to , wrt tr,cath removed to be pieced together and used as evidence. ' When asked for a statement tonight, Warden Armstrong said: , , "I have notified the prison board of control as to the situation and have asked them to meet as soon as possible. I deem It my duty to make my first statement to them." Mr. Armstrong made no display-of emotion when placed under arrest In his private office at the prison. Upon being told that the officers had come with a warrant for his- 'arrest, he merely replied: "I expected .'. something of that kind." :,.-'.-.., ." WOMAN IN JAIL ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING MUROEfl Mrs. Cross Charged With Giving Another Woman Poison After Causing Domestic Trouble. '.Special Telcsmm to State Journal. WARREN, Jan. 30. Mrs. Abbey Cross of Jamestown, N. Y., is confined in jail here under bond on the charge of attempting the life- of Mrs. Ida J. Maynard by poisoning. Mrs. Maynard alleges that on Dec. 23 Mrs. Cross brought a jar of milk with her when she appeared at the Maynard home and induced her . to drink it. fche was taken 111 immediately, she charges, and only prompt medical attention saved her life. Sediment left in the cup, it is alleged, upon chemical analysis, showed the presence of arsenic. Mrs. Maynard alleges Mrs. Cross was the cause of an estrangement with her husband last year. ASHAMED TO SEE MOTHER So Young Man , Is Arrested and Taken to Her Bedside. By Associated Press to Start Journal. CHICACO, Jan. 30. A warrant charging the larceny of $4000, but in reality designed to bring B. ' P. Morris, a young attorney of New York, to the bedside 'of. his dying mother, was sworn out here today. "Morris will not be prosecuted,'' explained George H. Folwell, another New iYork lawyer, who made the application .to the court. "His mother is believed to be dying, and her one desire is to see her boy before It Is too late." , "Is it - necessary in the ' circumstances?", asked the judge. "I -am. sure-it is; he would be too ashamed to :vlslt her. We must make hlra," answered Mr, Folwell. Pennsylvania Town Burns. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Jan. 80.-Fann'ed by a high wind, fire practically wiped out the town of Patton, Somerset county, ' today. The fire was discovered . in-, a skating rink. The loss is estimated at $50,000.; f ' 26 Fine Horses Burn, COFKEYVILLE, Kan., Jan. 30. Fire here today destroyed A; B. : Holloway's boarding stable, together with 28 fine horses Several of the , horses were TaI"a flt from $1000 to $2000 eacni The total loss J estimated at $76,000. SECRETARY DIEHL MAY LOSE PLAGE Safety Board to Change Office Worker Tomorrow, Is . Forecast. On the claim that his appointment is invalid because he did not take a civil service examination, William R, Dlehl, secretary of the board of pub lic safety may be ousted from his position tomorrow when his case will be considered at a meeting of the board and Mayor Bond. . . The prospective action is the result of the recent opinion of City Solicitor Marshall relative to seven members of the police department and three of the fire department whom he held were not legally members of the departments because they had not taken the civil service examinations before their appointment. Solicitor Marshall Is said to hav.e told Mayor Bond. that the appointment of Mr. Dlehl was illegal also. Mayor Bond left the city yesterday and will return tomorrow. Joseph G. Weimer, seci-etary to the mayor, said last night: "Mr, Marshall has often declared to Mayor Bond that the appointment of Mr. Diehl was illegal. The mayor has not taken action thus far because he thinks tbe question is one between the members of the board and should, be settled by them." To Settle Tomorrow. Director Foster G. Burdell of the safety board last night refused to discuss the Diehl case. It was Intimated, however, that a meeting would be-Jjeld on the arrival of Mayor Bond tomorrow in which the question of Mr. Diehl's appointment would be taken up. Mr. Diehl was appointed to his present position by Directors William S: Connor and Frank McCafferty, who composed the board under the administration of Mayor Badger.' Prior ' to the naming of Mr. Dlehl Harry F. West was secretary of the board until James W. Meek, Republican, was transferred from the board of safety to the service board April 4, 107. In August of the same year, Mr. Diehl was appointed. He is a nephew of James Ross. .Richard Owens, aged 48 a veteran patrolman and detective, one of the seven members of the police force ruled from the city's service because they did not take civil service examinations before being re-Instated after having been dismissed, will fight to retain his position, according to an announcement yesterday. Owens was dismissed by Mayor Jeffrey. He says he will assert that his alleged dlsmisal is invalid because the police chief alone had the authority to discharge him. . ,' Owens Beyond' Age Limit. Owens, who has had 20 years experience on the force, was not permitted to undergo physical examination preparatory to taking the mental test,' because he Is past the age limit for first applicants. -His position and that of six other officers and three experienced firemen will ' be filled by , men from the extra list if the. ruling of the public safety board is obeyed to the letter. . The services of the men were to end after -last night's work. The chiefs of ithe two departments will probably detail substitutes to fill the vacancies today.; OHIOAN MODEST DONOR Makes Gift to University, ; But Desires Name Withheld.- , Br Aaeootatoa Prew to state Journal.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. A resident of Ohio, who desires that his name be withheld for the present, has forwarded to the American university of this city, a contribution of $1,000 In cash and securities to be used as a nucleus of a permanent fund Which is to bear the uam of ths donor . . GARFIELD WILL RETIRE Meyer May Be Only Cabinet Officer to Remain. , By Associated Frt, to State Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 The definite statement is made that James R. Garfield, secretary of the interior, will not be, a member of the cabinet of the next administration. Neither will he be an ambassador to a foreign country,. He will return to his home in Ohio a.nd take up the practice of law. There Is good authority for saying that there, will be a clean sweep of the present cabinet, unless it should be Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Postmaster General Meyer. There Is said to be much doubt as to Mr. Wilson. flf FELLOW STUDENTS Knocked to the Ground Then Driven from the University of California Campus. tBy Associated Press to State Journal. BERKELEY, Cal., Jan. 30. Kenjl Kaneko, . a Japanese student of the University of California and a graduate of the -Imperial university of Tokio, was set . upon today on the college campus by a crowd of white, students. He was knocked to the ground and then ' driven ' from the campus with students in- chase. He managed to reach his home safely and Is being protected by the police. - Kenjl Kaneko declared that the Japanese colony here will avenge the attack upon him. The. matter will be taken before the Japanese general consul in San ' Francisco. f. It is asserted that , the assault was unprovoked that Kenjl Kaneko was attacked while he was walking quietly by a group of, students. . RESUME AS OPEN SHOPS Hat Factories Start Up February ; 9 Union Label Abolished. ; '" .- '' '' , . : . By Associated Press to State Journal. .. SOUTH NORWALK,' Conn., Jan. 30. Positive Information was - given out today by the heads of hat' making concerns that all the shops involved in the strike of the United Hatters of North America will be ' started . up Tuesday, Feb. 9! as "open shops." . The order . of the Associated Hat Manufacturers is. that no union labels shall be put in hats hereafter. The, strikers here, are greatly surprised at the action.: Thus far , the - Btrike has been one of the most peaceful in the history of labor troubles and has been absolutely without disorder. .The outcome of the attempt of the manufacturers to reopen before the difficulty lu adjusted is therefore looked forward to with interest. ' The hatters have been receiving many tenders of financial assistance from other lines of. trade. At the- Crofut and Knapp plant today orders were still being shipped out, the company having had a large stock manufactured ahead. ROOSEVELT AS A ROMAN Newspaper Advocates Conferring Citizenship on Him. . fB- Associated Press to Slate Jourma.lJ ROME, Jan. 30.' The THtiuha proposes that Roman citizenship be conferred 'upon President Roosevelt as a manifestation of gratitude for the help given by the United States on the occasion of the earthquake. The Tribuna says;. ; . ' "We cannot give anything else, but it is impossible to give more. This gigantic foreigner deserves to be a Roman citizen, while eucH an act, truly Roman, coming from the . Immortal capital, would be the seal of renewed friendship between the great ancient and mbdern peoples." EGGS ARE SCARCE: MAY BE 51 CENTS . None to Be Had at Central ; Market and Few on the North Side. Columbus has lots of snow but is awfully shy on eggs. At 9 o'clock last evening there was not an egg to be bought at Central market. At the North market conditions were a little better, but eggs were selling as high as 45 cents. Yesterday morning they sold for 40 cents. The price is expected to reach 60 cents this week. The few eggs available are fresh, for the supply of storage eggs was exhausted long ago, according tothe commission men. ' ' The egg scarcity is a record-breaker for years as regards prospects. There have been many days when eggs looked short, but today even the commission men do not know when they will be able to get enough eggs to meet the demand. Commission men talked last evening in a discouraging tone. A. H. Gels of the A. H. Gels company, 120 South Fourth street, egg and butter commission brokers, said: Conditions Unprecedented. "The egg market went glimmering when it started to snow. Snow effects laying. I have tried my best to buy eggs, and I have combed the country for them, but ' there, are none to be had. Shippers who have been sending Up 15 to 20 cases of eggs are now sending vs a few dozen. There are no storage eggs'. They went long ago, and as far as being able to get eggs next week, it looks pretty gloomy. There isn't a commission man hereabouts who has more' than a few cases. In all of my connection with' the, egg market I have never seen such 'conditions." .. , ... 1 , Isaac Wolf, of the firm of S. Wolf & Son, 135 South' Fourth street, butter and egg merchants, said: "I don't know why eggs are scarce. I have used 'the telephone and telegraph today and have not been able to get a single case. I have a few cases that came in tonight on an ortWr which I placed some days ago. But these will not supply one market In Columbus for a day. ' I never whs caught like this before and I predict that eggs will be so scarce next week that the price will go higherthan j0 cents." '.'.. Asked if the commission men were holding back eggs for high prices, as charged by retail dealers, Mr. Wolf said : Will Advance Over Country. ... "Why no; we-are not keeping eggs. We are not' holding t:p prices, Commission men are getting bigger prices here than in the East, iput that is dti'j to the fact , that we are in the center of the egg producing country and are affected now. Next week you will lee prices go up in New York, which will show that eggs are a scarce artlcK" There were many demands yesterday for storage eggs by people who did not believe they could, pay for the . fresh ones, but , there were none to .be had. Produce of all kinds felt the weather yesterday. Home grown lettuce,parsnips,- onions, such aa is grown 'In hot houses around Columbus, was scarce, and prices went Up 20 per cent. Fancy spring chickens, - broilers and hens, turkeys and rabbits were Belling last night for 2 to 7 cents higher than they were the week before. ., , i C, One Dead, Five Injured. . STEUBENVILLE,; Jan. . 30. James Wiles, an oil well driller, was burned to death and five other men were seriously Injured today by an explosion of gas while drilling a well, near here. One of the Injured Is Thomas Price, uwner of tlwi well, WIRELESS BRINGS HELP Liner Collides With a Car Barge Off Norfolk. By(Asoelated Press to State JoumaL NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 30. The inestimable value of wireless telegraphy was agtijn demonstrated tonight In Hampton roads, when a message flashed through the air telling of the collision of the Old Dominion liner Hamilton with a car barge of the New-York, Philadelphia & Norfolk railroad, and calling for assistance. Within five minutes tugs were en route to the scene, and the Hamilton, badly battered, but afloat, 'was towed to her pier reaching here at '9: SO. The collision occured off Old Point The liner was rendered helpless. There were over two score passengers, bound for New York, aboard the Hamilton, It Is said they were in no danger. The hole in" the bow, on the port side of the liner Just above the water line, is six of seven feet in diameter. HELD UP AND HO IN I HIGH STREET SALOON Edward McPherson Gives Up in Face of Gun His Companion Attacked. Edward McPherson was held up and robbed in a room adjoining the saloon of Peter Hull In Is'orth High street, near the viaduct, last night. Twj men entered the saloon, he told the police, and taking him into an ante room. one poked a gun in his face and took his money. This totalled $1.65. The same two men are thought to have beaten Paul Umbenauer, a companion of McPherson, at 28 West Maple street. They knocked him down and kicked and struck him. QUAKES NOT SO SEVERE Shocks Felt at Totana and Oliae Only Slightly Damaged. tBy Associated Press to State journal ! MADRID, Jan. 30. All communica tion with southern Spain and with the city of Barcelona is uninterrupted and normal, and the reports emanating from England,, relative to a disastrous earthquake and tidal wave, are untrue. : There was a slight earthquake shock at Totana in the, province of Murcia, but no serious damage was dona. Slight shocks were also felt In the neiehborlnsr Villages of Ollas. At both Totana an.l Ollas. the inhabitants tied panic-stricken to the suburbs. The moment the quake occurred, the sun was hidden by a dense gray cloud, which, however, disappeared immediately, while a shower of hailstones as large as --walnuts, covered the ground to a depth of several centimeters. No further news has been received here regarding the reported destruction of the village of Honiara in Morocco. Natives coming in to Tetuan declared that this village had been burled undeH an avalanche of earth and rocks and j that the dead and Injured numbered 100. These statements are very similar to, reports received a, week ago. MEXICO, Mo., Jun. S0.-A slight earthquake 'shock was felt here today. The motion seemed to be from north to south. Some of ".he inner walls of the Audrait county courthouse were cracked thelr entlre length. ,: ,. i : Nearly Wiped Off the Map. - COFFEYVILLE, Kan., Jan. 80. The town of Nowata, across the line from here, In Oklahoma, was almost wiped oft the map today by a fire that destroyed .13 business houses, tw banks and the ounty courthouse, which latter held all the records of that section of Oklahoma. The loss Is estimated at : ' tiiOO.000. The Intense cold' made It dlincult to light tne names, - SECOND STORM IS OBITS IT Now Central Off North Pacific Coast and Is Due Here Middle of Week. MERCURY' DROPS Cold Snap Everywhere North of Mexican Gulf and East of the Rockies. , tBy Associated Press to Stat Journal. , WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. Gale swept coests, a freeze In the fruit belt of Florida, temperatures dropped 20 to 30 degrees below the seasonable average, a snow In many sections and a cold snap everywhere north of the Mexican gulf and east of the Rockies these were the features that .marked tonight's weather map. The etorm, with its trail of cold wave and accompaniment of high winds. Is tonight centered off the New England coast, passing off to sea, after wrecking craft along the Atlantic as an earnest of its force. ' - The lowest temperatures given In tonight's telegraphic ; reports to . the weather bureau was 18 degrees below zero at. White River, Canada. Tomor row, according to trie official forecasts, it will be much colder all the way' from the lower lake region to the East. Storm warning signals are flying on the entire Atlantic coast, on' the gulf coast at Tampa, and on the California coast from Port Harford to Eureka, as another storm, central tonight off the north Pacific coast, with its attendant snow or rain and winds, is heading east and southeastward and may be felt in the Eastern part of the country In the middle at the week to some extent at least. In the West, a gradual relief from the cold snap has been figured by the weather experts for tomorrow and Monday. . TRAIN IS LOST IN THE SNOW. f Nothing Heard From St. Paul Train Since Thursday Night. tBy Associated Press to State Journal. MILWAUKEE, Jan. 30. Passenger train No. 32, . consisting of two day1 coaches and a combination maO, baggage and express car, of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway' company, is supposed to be lost In a snow drift somewhere in southern1 Minnesota between Kenmare and Fulda. The train left LaCrosse Thursday eight, when the 48-hour blizzard set in, and since it passed beyond Jackson, Minn., no tidings have been heard of Its whereabouts. Passenger trains on other systems have had rough experiences 1 during the blizzard, all running Irregularly. Freighf'trains are-held or run at intervals. Assistant General Superintendent D. C. Cheney of the St. Paul road believes the passengers will ' be well taken care of, as Is always the case, he says, by some one in the vicinity of the stalled train. Mr, Cheney says that the storm has ceased throughout the Northwest and he looks for Improved conditions at once CATCHES BUTTERFLY IN STORM. YOUNGSTOWN Jan. 30. While the wind Was howling dismally and tho blinding-snow falling Saturdaymorn--ing, John Mills, a city employe, was blithely chasing butterflies. When ne first, saw the gaudily hued insect, he could hardly believe his eyes, but he gave chase, captured it and took It to the city offices, where it was placed on exhibition. The insect is a large one, blue tinted with dark colored spots. ' BUSINESS AT STANDSTILL. . WASHINGTON C. H.. Jan. 30. Uuslijess was brought to a standstill here by the blizzard which struck this section last night. The most serious damage done thus far is the suffering brought upon the unhoused stock throughout the country, although great damage has been done to telegraph ami telephone wires as a result of the strong windR. , Snowdrifts at places throughout the county are five to- sis teet deep. SCHOONER RAMS LIGHTSHIP. NEW YORK, Jan. 30. During the thick snowstorm early today the coal-laden schooner Perry Setzer, bound from Philadelphia Sot Boston, rammed the Scotland lightship, the "mariner's mark," located four miles off Sandy Hook and denoting the southern entrance to the -channel leading to New York harbor. The collision caused no) serious damage, For a time, however, the accident caused serious apprehen- aion on shore. WORST . SINCE EARLY DAYS. DES MOINES, Jan, 30. The worst blizzard since pioneer days has swnpt over Iowa for the past two days. Tonight It abated and the merburyidrop-ped to T below. For the first time in Its 'history, not a wheel on 'the Northwestern railroad, in ; this vicinity, turned after midnight last night. Five tlmt systein' aione. The Burllngto hundred telephone poles are down on reports similar bad luck. INTERFERES WITH TRAFFIC. 2ANESVIU.E, Jan. 30. In the Mus. klngum valley, the snow Is 10 inches : deep on the -level, and drifts several feet- high have knocked out railroad and' street car -traffic, while telephone and telegraph service la carried on under great difficulties and much delay. .FOUND NEARLY FROZEN. NEWARK, Jan. 30. A severe blla-sard which has swept, over this com' munity for the ". last ' 24 hours haa blocked traffic tonight. Adolph'Smlo of Rochester, N. Y was found nearly frozen to . death today and tiikm te the hospital. Mis condition la thought to be serious T of he ed lis hat for he i alt if .'-. ;., : ,V'"'-'- -V"'

WEATHER Fair Sunday, except snow flurries near the central and eastern lake's shore, colder in northern portion; Monday fair, : MAIN SECTION six '; SECTIONS 4 NINETY-NINTH .YEAR. No. 3l. COLUMBUS, OHIO, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1909. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. tot State 3 mxmh STORM PASSES: MODERATE Blizzard Quits Columbus After Causing Minimum of Suffering and Inconvenience. SNOW NOT HEAVY Drifts, However, Cause . Some Traffic Troubles Tempera ture to Moderate. The worst clsty Columbus has had this winter, though not the coldest, : became passable as night drew on by the practical cessation of the snow and a decline In wind velocity. During the 36 hours preceding 7 o'clock last night four inches of dry snow had fallen, driven by a strong northwest wind into, deep drifts In many parts of the " city... The mercury had fallen to a point well toward zero, but the wind, coming off the warmer waters of Lake Erie, prevented the extreme fall which had been expected. Last midnight the weather bureau thermograph registered 13, a fall, of only 1.7 from 9 " o'clock, with the wind blowing "'18 miles an hour northwest. The sky was only partly cloudy and the snow had ceased. Unless the wind should decline to practically nil, there was no prospect then that zero weather would lie even approximated by this morning. - Much suffering was caused In the city, more by the high wind and driving snow than by the cold, and there was some delay to street car traffic, but in the nain car schedules were well maintained and the charity organizations promptly relieved all the ciises of suffering reported. The snow it'L served to ameliorate conditions sol; Ewhat, by furnishing temporary eijiploymAit for many men otherwise idle and In want. Steam Traffics Delayed. Few ' trains have entered Columbus on time since : the bllsszavd first entered Columbus; street car schedules have not been free from violation and telephone and telegraph wires have not been dependable. On the whole, however, there has been little material trouble. Reports of transportation and communication troubles . in Columbus and tfte immediate vicinity are lighter than as the result of the storm of three weeks ago. . While the wind has been-. higher the , 8now'..4w,hiV .'.lighter.1" ' - Telephone ' and telegraph companies report-comparative freedom from difficulties As. one wire chief explained it: "This is the Becond storm of the winter, and is never as hard on Us as the , first. . During the summer the wires expand, with the long hoating. With the first real cold, they contract suddenly, and In many, plaoes snap. After the wires reach their winter density they are comparatively dependable, even in a severe storm." . Soma Wire Troubles. The Western . Union had some trouble in reaching Chicago, and west of hat many of the lines, were down or, oat In big snow drifts. Racine, VfiBl, was cut off the Postal map, but messages were carried through to other points. Madison, Wis., was unable to make a weather report last night. Both telephone companies denied reports of breakdowns and declared local troubles were isolated and of minor importance. Passenger trains , arrived at the Union station and the West Broad street depot , from 10 to 30 minutes late. Those arriving from the West were furthest from their schedules, but there were , no serious delays, freight trains, as is usual in storms, Were slightly : later than passenger . trains. 1 . . ,;, Interurban electric lines generally maintained their " schedules, or approached them. No line was 'laid out. The trouble was shifting-' and temporary, depending on the size and location of drifts piled up by the wind's freaks. Most trouble was experienced on the Westerville line. There were . heavy drifts at Maple Heights, the toll-gates and Linden, where the snow was at times banked nine feet deep. A big rotary plow and a scraper opened the line during the evening, and regular schedules were maintained on the later runs. -Street Cars Sometimes Bunched. In the city I there was occasional -i bunching of street cars on lines where frequent service, is -maintained. This t was caused by slippery rails. When on car got behind It delayed others, 'C"ViST to handle the accumulation of lflengers. From 2:80 o'clock Saturday morning until the middle of the afternoon the entire snow fighting , equipment' was in operation, with the , usual storm crew of about 100 extra , men, and kept the lines -comparatively wclear. Early, this morning the sweep-. ers went over the lines to dispose of occasional drifts that accumulated during the period of idleness. Main street, from Rose avenue to Alum creek, portions of West Broad . street, Nell avenue and other lines that are low or exposed ; to the sweep of wind through open territory, made the i most trouble.; '' . .. Records of the Day,- .. Maximum temperature for the -day was 21, a rise from 15 in the early . morning, and tl7 at 7 o'clock. From the top it receded to 15.4, but rose again to 17 at 7 in the. evening. After that i the decline was slow;, to 14.7 at 9 and , . slower still to 13 at midnight. Mean, at 18, wag : 11 degrees below normal, and reduoed the year's excess of temperature to- Ul. The snow, estimated .at 3.6 inches for the 24 hours, was equal to .29 of precipitation, and reduced the moisture deficiency to ;3. The coldest place in the country, last night, was Duluth, which reported 12 below zertf: St. Paul had 6 below, but in t-4far Northwest temperatures were ' r,"J , under the Influence of a low . preSire area developing , nortli of Washington. v ' . . ' The high pressure area which sent , the cold wave to Columbus was re sponsible for a very peculiar appear ' ance of the night weather map. With its center' approximately i at ;. Omaha. Neb., it lay, like a) trough clear across . the country, extending far into Canada '. ana into the Gulf of Mexico. Beltof Clear and Cold. ' As the result, all along the Missis-: slppl valley it was clear and cold while east of a line expanding through i' l'outliiiul oa fecund fane , ' . ON THE JOB SPEAKING of the man en the job, come down to The State Journal office one of these fine , winter mornings, along about the time the press starts en the city edition, and see the real thing. The stuff that's in The Newsboy is the same sort that goes to make up a Bill Taft, or a Christy Mat-theweon or a Jack Binns. They're on the job; that's all, and Old Opportunity will have a hard time of it to . make a getaway when he concludes to knock.. Take yesterday mornin-, for instance. Anybody that wet out at 3 a. m. knnwa that the Weather Bureau was prevaricating when it announced that the wind blew 40 miles an hour. It was going an 80-mile clip at least, and then some, and the enow cut into your face like a whip lash and your feet lathered and floundered around in the drifts till you couldn't see where you were going and oouldn't have gone anyhow. But The News-boys got there, every one of them, and not one a fraction of a minute late with the paper at your door. All of which might have been expected from The Newsboys, for ths simple reason that they're on the job. FRESH AIR SCHOOL TO CAUSE A Board of Education Meeting Tomorrow Night Expected to Be Explosive. , Proposed Location of School in North Side to Be Bitterly Fought and Defended. A fight is expected at " tomorrow night's meeting of the board of education when strong influence will be brought to bear on the . members for and against the location of the pro posed fresh air school in the Hudson street . site' by members of the local society fighting the disease and . pro-testing North Bide citizens'!,: . .. By unanimous vote 'of the 11 mem bers present, tile school board recently decided to build the school, but the question of definitely selecting the site will be decided at tomorrow evening's meeting. In addition tn tho TTi,,io,m sfreot ita tho i. ui . .i. street site there are available for the building, lots in Schiller street; at Mt. Vernon and Taylor avenues; in .West Broad street and in Linwood avenue. Members of the special committee of the board appointed to secure a site and adopt plans have unanimously decided in favor of the Hudson street site and it is likely they will argue for the Doara 10 purcnase it. Mrs. Blaok Defends Site. Mrs. Samuel L. Black, president of the Columbus Society for the Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis, says the Hudson street -site is tho best of the available properties, and that the location of the school on any of the other lots may defeat the purpose for which it is to be established. She says the children of the protesting North Side citizens will be better protected by the location of the building in the North End. . . Children affected with' tuberculosis are now riding in all the Btreet cars, and there is not a school building in the city which has not one or more of the unfortunate pupils, according to Mrs. Black. This wholesale exposure can be stopped only by, the establishment of a fresh air school to segregate the tuberculous children, said she. "The protest Is unwarranted," said Mrs. Black. "The facts have been greatly exaggerated and I believe the protestors are acting under a mis taken impression. At the present time our society has found 40 tuberculous children among the public school pupils, so for several years the children of these people protesting have been exposed to the dread disease., . Rights of the Children. "These children, in the ' first stapes, are entitled to receive Instruction, The purpose of this new school Is to edut cate the unfortunate mentally; to teach them how to ; preserve their health and to protect the public. The fresh air schools will be a strong factor In the future education of puny and sickly children and all public, epirid citizens sould . work together to make the first experiment successful." Members of the sanitary committee of the North Side chamber of commerce resent the insinuation that their action was prompted by fear that property values In that vicinity would suffer from the location selected. . They declare that when hundreds of young people come here from everywhere to attend O. , S. U. and the medical colleges, they are entitled to protection, practically as guests of the city. ' Tba committeemen Insist that they acted solely from a sanitary and humanitarian standpoint. They will never permit the site to be us.ed until they have been defeated through all the courts. : i, Plenty of Other Sites. ' r.'V "It would seem to me wisdom to select a site, more accessible to the center of the city, . yet with fewer surrounding residences," said one member; of 'the committee. "There, are enough locations of : that kind. One might be found around Linden. "It would be a sensible plan,1 then to arrange to carry them from Broad and High streets, at least, to the school r and return In a special car, which could bo fumigated after , each trip. ... With so many going in a rearular car at the same time the danger of contagion io uiner passengers Is worth considering.; It is vastly greater than with one or two tubercular passengers." , h Dies at Age of 103. HOMESTEAD. . Ind., Jan. 30 Mrs. Sarah Vail, 103 years old, la dead at ha, hnrnn hnrn . TTai. hv,lffht hi, ,i. w iivs heun guud and her memory was ujuas-kable. .. , reuu 1 PRISON WAHDEn i . .'-m -Rg.i-II BRIBE MED I -i, rnfe Head of Michigan Penitentiary Arrested at Instance of a Contracting Firm. FIND MARKED BILL Alleged to Have Entered Into Deal to Use His Influence in Changing Contract. JACKSON. Mich., Jan. 30. Warden Allen N. Armstrong of the state prison was arrested this afternoon charged with accepting a bribe. The complainant is General Fred W. Green of Ionia, president of the Acme Reed Furniture company, which has a contract chair factory in the prison. The company wants to change its contract so that it can manufacture chairs from paper fiber. In this : desire the company claimed it has been obstructed by Warden Armstrong, and General Green says he suspected that the warden was opposing the plans in order to extort money from the company. Justice Russell signed a warrant for the warden's arrest on the complaint signed by General Green. The warrant was served at the prison and General Green declared that the numbers of 1100 of currency taken from Warden Armstrong at the time of his arrest tallied with , the numbers of bills he said he had given the warden yesterday, which, he alleged, the warden at the secret conference had taken to bind a bargain, and said he would give his influence for the company for $5000 cash and 3200 per month for three years, the payments to be contingent upon his success in getting the board to adopt . the change of contract desired by the company. Warden Armstrong furnished $6000 bail and was released. "Witnesses Behind Doors. General Green said this afternoon that yesterday at the Otsego hotel, in this city, he hid behind folding doors H. A. Gilmartln, a newspaper reporter, and A. D. McBlrney, a prospective stockholder in the furniture company, so they might hear -the conversation between Warden Armstrong and himself. General. Green said he met the warden by appointment. The warden maintained silence, General Green said, when he asked what he would take for his influence with the board. Then, said General Green, he suggested to the wardtm that they each write down a figure on paper and see how closely ' they agreed. General Green said he wrote $500fl, while he alleged Warden Armstrong wrote "5M and $200 per month for three years." V '.'''; According to General Green, the warden tore up the paper written by Arm strong and tnrew tne pieces into a cuspidor, from which they were later f rpmnut,y to , wrt tr,cath removed to be pieced together and used as evidence. ' When asked for a statement tonight, Warden Armstrong said: , , "I have notified the prison board of control as to the situation and have asked them to meet as soon as possible. I deem It my duty to make my first statement to them." Mr. Armstrong made no display-of emotion when placed under arrest In his private office at the prison. Upon being told that the officers had come with a warrant for his- 'arrest, he merely replied: "I expected .'. something of that kind." :,.-'.-.., ." WOMAN IN JAIL ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING MUROEfl Mrs. Cross Charged With Giving Another Woman Poison After Causing Domestic Trouble. '.Special Telcsmm to State Journal. WARREN, Jan. 30. Mrs. Abbey Cross of Jamestown, N. Y., is confined in jail here under bond on the charge of attempting the life- of Mrs. Ida J. Maynard by poisoning. Mrs. Maynard alleges that on Dec. 23 Mrs. Cross brought a jar of milk with her when she appeared at the Maynard home and induced her . to drink it. fche was taken 111 immediately, she charges, and only prompt medical attention saved her life. Sediment left in the cup, it is alleged, upon chemical analysis, showed the presence of arsenic. Mrs. Maynard alleges Mrs. Cross was the cause of an estrangement with her husband last year. ASHAMED TO SEE MOTHER So Young Man , Is Arrested and Taken to Her Bedside. By Associated Press to Start Journal. CHICACO, Jan. 30. A warrant charging the larceny of $4000, but in reality designed to bring B. ' P. Morris, a young attorney of New York, to the bedside 'of. his dying mother, was sworn out here today. "Morris will not be prosecuted,'' explained George H. Folwell, another New iYork lawyer, who made the application .to the court. "His mother is believed to be dying, and her one desire is to see her boy before It Is too late." , "Is it - necessary in the ' circumstances?", asked the judge. "I -am. sure-it is; he would be too ashamed to :vlslt her. We must make hlra," answered Mr, Folwell. Pennsylvania Town Burns. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Jan. 80.-Fann'ed by a high wind, fire practically wiped out the town of Patton, Somerset county, ' today. The fire was discovered . in-, a skating rink. The loss is estimated at $50,000.; f ' 26 Fine Horses Burn, COFKEYVILLE, Kan., Jan. 30. Fire here today destroyed A; B. : Holloway's boarding stable, together with 28 fine horses Several of the , horses were TaI"a flt from $1000 to $2000 eacni The total loss J estimated at $76,000. SECRETARY DIEHL MAY LOSE PLAGE Safety Board to Change Office Worker Tomorrow, Is . Forecast. On the claim that his appointment is invalid because he did not take a civil service examination, William R, Dlehl, secretary of the board of pub lic safety may be ousted from his position tomorrow when his case will be considered at a meeting of the board and Mayor Bond. . . The prospective action is the result of the recent opinion of City Solicitor Marshall relative to seven members of the police department and three of the fire department whom he held were not legally members of the departments because they had not taken the civil service examinations before their appointment. Solicitor Marshall Is said to hav.e told Mayor Bond. that the appointment of Mr. Dlehl was illegal also. Mayor Bond left the city yesterday and will return tomorrow. Joseph G. Weimer, seci-etary to the mayor, said last night: "Mr, Marshall has often declared to Mayor Bond that the appointment of Mr. Diehl was illegal. The mayor has not taken action thus far because he thinks tbe question is one between the members of the board and should, be settled by them." To Settle Tomorrow. Director Foster G. Burdell of the safety board last night refused to discuss the Diehl case. It was Intimated, however, that a meeting would be-Jjeld on the arrival of Mayor Bond tomorrow in which the question of Mr. Diehl's appointment would be taken up. Mr. Diehl was appointed to his present position by Directors William S: Connor and Frank McCafferty, who composed the board under the administration of Mayor Badger.' Prior ' to the naming of Mr. Dlehl Harry F. West was secretary of the board until James W. Meek, Republican, was transferred from the board of safety to the service board April 4, 107. In August of the same year, Mr. Diehl was appointed. He is a nephew of James Ross. .Richard Owens, aged 48 a veteran patrolman and detective, one of the seven members of the police force ruled from the city's service because they did not take civil service examinations before being re-Instated after having been dismissed, will fight to retain his position, according to an announcement yesterday. Owens was dismissed by Mayor Jeffrey. He says he will assert that his alleged dlsmisal is invalid because the police chief alone had the authority to discharge him. . ,' Owens Beyond' Age Limit. Owens, who has had 20 years experience on the force, was not permitted to undergo physical examination preparatory to taking the mental test,' because he Is past the age limit for first applicants. -His position and that of six other officers and three experienced firemen will ' be filled by , men from the extra list if the. ruling of the public safety board is obeyed to the letter. . The services of the men were to end after -last night's work. The chiefs of ithe two departments will probably detail substitutes to fill the vacancies today.; OHIOAN MODEST DONOR Makes Gift to University, ; But Desires Name Withheld.- , Br Aaeootatoa Prew to state Journal.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. A resident of Ohio, who desires that his name be withheld for the present, has forwarded to the American university of this city, a contribution of $1,000 In cash and securities to be used as a nucleus of a permanent fund Which is to bear the uam of ths donor . . GARFIELD WILL RETIRE Meyer May Be Only Cabinet Officer to Remain. , By Associated Frt, to State Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 The definite statement is made that James R. Garfield, secretary of the interior, will not be, a member of the cabinet of the next administration. Neither will he be an ambassador to a foreign country,. He will return to his home in Ohio a.nd take up the practice of law. There Is good authority for saying that there, will be a clean sweep of the present cabinet, unless it should be Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Postmaster General Meyer. There Is said to be much doubt as to Mr. Wilson. flf FELLOW STUDENTS Knocked to the Ground Then Driven from the University of California Campus. tBy Associated Press to State Journal. BERKELEY, Cal., Jan. 30. Kenjl Kaneko, . a Japanese student of the University of California and a graduate of the -Imperial university of Tokio, was set . upon today on the college campus by a crowd of white, students. He was knocked to the ground and then ' driven ' from the campus with students in- chase. He managed to reach his home safely and Is being protected by the police. - Kenjl Kaneko declared that the Japanese colony here will avenge the attack upon him. The. matter will be taken before the Japanese general consul in San ' Francisco. f. It is asserted that , the assault was unprovoked that Kenjl Kaneko was attacked while he was walking quietly by a group of, students. . RESUME AS OPEN SHOPS Hat Factories Start Up February ; 9 Union Label Abolished. ; '" .- '' '' , . : . By Associated Press to State Journal. .. SOUTH NORWALK,' Conn., Jan. 30. Positive Information was - given out today by the heads of hat' making concerns that all the shops involved in the strike of the United Hatters of North America will be ' started . up Tuesday, Feb. 9! as "open shops." . The order . of the Associated Hat Manufacturers is. that no union labels shall be put in hats hereafter. The, strikers here, are greatly surprised at the action.: Thus far , the - Btrike has been one of the most peaceful in the history of labor troubles and has been absolutely without disorder. .The outcome of the attempt of the manufacturers to reopen before the difficulty lu adjusted is therefore looked forward to with interest. ' The hatters have been receiving many tenders of financial assistance from other lines of. trade. At the- Crofut and Knapp plant today orders were still being shipped out, the company having had a large stock manufactured ahead. ROOSEVELT AS A ROMAN Newspaper Advocates Conferring Citizenship on Him. . fB- Associated Press to Slate Jourma.lJ ROME, Jan. 30.' The THtiuha proposes that Roman citizenship be conferred 'upon President Roosevelt as a manifestation of gratitude for the help given by the United States on the occasion of the earthquake. The Tribuna says;. ; . ' "We cannot give anything else, but it is impossible to give more. This gigantic foreigner deserves to be a Roman citizen, while eucH an act, truly Roman, coming from the . Immortal capital, would be the seal of renewed friendship between the great ancient and mbdern peoples." EGGS ARE SCARCE: MAY BE 51 CENTS . None to Be Had at Central ; Market and Few on the North Side. Columbus has lots of snow but is awfully shy on eggs. At 9 o'clock last evening there was not an egg to be bought at Central market. At the North market conditions were a little better, but eggs were selling as high as 45 cents. Yesterday morning they sold for 40 cents. The price is expected to reach 60 cents this week. The few eggs available are fresh, for the supply of storage eggs was exhausted long ago, according tothe commission men. ' ' The egg scarcity is a record-breaker for years as regards prospects. There have been many days when eggs looked short, but today even the commission men do not know when they will be able to get enough eggs to meet the demand. Commission men talked last evening in a discouraging tone. A. H. Gels of the A. H. Gels company, 120 South Fourth street, egg and butter commission brokers, said: Conditions Unprecedented. "The egg market went glimmering when it started to snow. Snow effects laying. I have tried my best to buy eggs, and I have combed the country for them, but ' there, are none to be had. Shippers who have been sending Up 15 to 20 cases of eggs are now sending vs a few dozen. There are no storage eggs'. They went long ago, and as far as being able to get eggs next week, it looks pretty gloomy. There isn't a commission man hereabouts who has more' than a few cases. In all of my connection with' the, egg market I have never seen such 'conditions." .. , ... 1 , Isaac Wolf, of the firm of S. Wolf & Son, 135 South' Fourth street, butter and egg merchants, said: "I don't know why eggs are scarce. I have used 'the telephone and telegraph today and have not been able to get a single case. I have a few cases that came in tonight on an ortWr which I placed some days ago. But these will not supply one market In Columbus for a day. ' I never whs caught like this before and I predict that eggs will be so scarce next week that the price will go higherthan j0 cents." '.'.. Asked if the commission men were holding back eggs for high prices, as charged by retail dealers, Mr. Wolf said : Will Advance Over Country. ... "Why no; we-are not keeping eggs. We are not' holding t:p prices, Commission men are getting bigger prices here than in the East, iput that is dti'j to the fact , that we are in the center of the egg producing country and are affected now. Next week you will lee prices go up in New York, which will show that eggs are a scarce artlcK" There were many demands yesterday for storage eggs by people who did not believe they could, pay for the . fresh ones, but , there were none to .be had. Produce of all kinds felt the weather yesterday. Home grown lettuce,parsnips,- onions, such aa is grown 'In hot houses around Columbus, was scarce, and prices went Up 20 per cent. Fancy spring chickens, - broilers and hens, turkeys and rabbits were Belling last night for 2 to 7 cents higher than they were the week before. ., , i C, One Dead, Five Injured. . STEUBENVILLE,; Jan. . 30. James Wiles, an oil well driller, was burned to death and five other men were seriously Injured today by an explosion of gas while drilling a well, near here. One of the Injured Is Thomas Price, uwner of tlwi well, WIRELESS BRINGS HELP Liner Collides With a Car Barge Off Norfolk. By(Asoelated Press to State JoumaL NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 30. The inestimable value of wireless telegraphy was agtijn demonstrated tonight In Hampton roads, when a message flashed through the air telling of the collision of the Old Dominion liner Hamilton with a car barge of the New-York, Philadelphia & Norfolk railroad, and calling for assistance. Within five minutes tugs were en route to the scene, and the Hamilton, badly battered, but afloat, 'was towed to her pier reaching here at '9: SO. The collision occured off Old Point The liner was rendered helpless. There were over two score passengers, bound for New York, aboard the Hamilton, It Is said they were in no danger. The hole in" the bow, on the port side of the liner Just above the water line, is six of seven feet in diameter. HELD UP AND HO IN I HIGH STREET SALOON Edward McPherson Gives Up in Face of Gun His Companion Attacked. Edward McPherson was held up and robbed in a room adjoining the saloon of Peter Hull In Is'orth High street, near the viaduct, last night. Twj men entered the saloon, he told the police, and taking him into an ante room. one poked a gun in his face and took his money. This totalled $1.65. The same two men are thought to have beaten Paul Umbenauer, a companion of McPherson, at 28 West Maple street. They knocked him down and kicked and struck him. QUAKES NOT SO SEVERE Shocks Felt at Totana and Oliae Only Slightly Damaged. tBy Associated Press to State journal ! MADRID, Jan. 30. All communica tion with southern Spain and with the city of Barcelona is uninterrupted and normal, and the reports emanating from England,, relative to a disastrous earthquake and tidal wave, are untrue. : There was a slight earthquake shock at Totana in the, province of Murcia, but no serious damage was dona. Slight shocks were also felt In the neiehborlnsr Villages of Ollas. At both Totana an.l Ollas. the inhabitants tied panic-stricken to the suburbs. The moment the quake occurred, the sun was hidden by a dense gray cloud, which, however, disappeared immediately, while a shower of hailstones as large as --walnuts, covered the ground to a depth of several centimeters. No further news has been received here regarding the reported destruction of the village of Honiara in Morocco. Natives coming in to Tetuan declared that this village had been burled undeH an avalanche of earth and rocks and j that the dead and Injured numbered 100. These statements are very similar to, reports received a, week ago. MEXICO, Mo., Jun. S0.-A slight earthquake 'shock was felt here today. The motion seemed to be from north to south. Some of ".he inner walls of the Audrait county courthouse were cracked thelr entlre length. ,: ,. i : Nearly Wiped Off the Map. - COFFEYVILLE, Kan., Jan. 80. The town of Nowata, across the line from here, In Oklahoma, was almost wiped oft the map today by a fire that destroyed .13 business houses, tw banks and the ounty courthouse, which latter held all the records of that section of Oklahoma. The loss Is estimated at : ' tiiOO.000. The Intense cold' made It dlincult to light tne names, - SECOND STORM IS OBITS IT Now Central Off North Pacific Coast and Is Due Here Middle of Week. MERCURY' DROPS Cold Snap Everywhere North of Mexican Gulf and East of the Rockies. , tBy Associated Press to Stat Journal. , WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. Gale swept coests, a freeze In the fruit belt of Florida, temperatures dropped 20 to 30 degrees below the seasonable average, a snow In many sections and a cold snap everywhere north of the Mexican gulf and east of the Rockies these were the features that .marked tonight's weather map. The etorm, with its trail of cold wave and accompaniment of high winds. Is tonight centered off the New England coast, passing off to sea, after wrecking craft along the Atlantic as an earnest of its force. ' - The lowest temperatures given In tonight's telegraphic ; reports to . the weather bureau was 18 degrees below zero at. White River, Canada. Tomor row, according to trie official forecasts, it will be much colder all the way' from the lower lake region to the East. Storm warning signals are flying on the entire Atlantic coast, on' the gulf coast at Tampa, and on the California coast from Port Harford to Eureka, as another storm, central tonight off the north Pacific coast, with its attendant snow or rain and winds, is heading east and southeastward and may be felt in the Eastern part of the country In the middle at the week to some extent at least. In the West, a gradual relief from the cold snap has been figured by the weather experts for tomorrow and Monday. . TRAIN IS LOST IN THE SNOW. f Nothing Heard From St. Paul Train Since Thursday Night. tBy Associated Press to State Journal. MILWAUKEE, Jan. 30. Passenger train No. 32, . consisting of two day1 coaches and a combination maO, baggage and express car, of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway' company, is supposed to be lost In a snow drift somewhere in southern1 Minnesota between Kenmare and Fulda. The train left LaCrosse Thursday eight, when the 48-hour blizzard set in, and since it passed beyond Jackson, Minn., no tidings have been heard of Its whereabouts. Passenger trains on other systems have had rough experiences 1 during the blizzard, all running Irregularly. Freighf'trains are-held or run at intervals. Assistant General Superintendent D. C. Cheney of the St. Paul road believes the passengers will ' be well taken care of, as Is always the case, he says, by some one in the vicinity of the stalled train. Mr, Cheney says that the storm has ceased throughout the Northwest and he looks for Improved conditions at once CATCHES BUTTERFLY IN STORM. YOUNGSTOWN Jan. 30. While the wind Was howling dismally and tho blinding-snow falling Saturdaymorn--ing, John Mills, a city employe, was blithely chasing butterflies. When ne first, saw the gaudily hued insect, he could hardly believe his eyes, but he gave chase, captured it and took It to the city offices, where it was placed on exhibition. The insect is a large one, blue tinted with dark colored spots. ' BUSINESS AT STANDSTILL. . WASHINGTON C. H.. Jan. 30. Uuslijess was brought to a standstill here by the blizzard which struck this section last night. The most serious damage done thus far is the suffering brought upon the unhoused stock throughout the country, although great damage has been done to telegraph ami telephone wires as a result of the strong windR. , Snowdrifts at places throughout the county are five to- sis teet deep. SCHOONER RAMS LIGHTSHIP. NEW YORK, Jan. 30. During the thick snowstorm early today the coal-laden schooner Perry Setzer, bound from Philadelphia Sot Boston, rammed the Scotland lightship, the "mariner's mark," located four miles off Sandy Hook and denoting the southern entrance to the -channel leading to New York harbor. The collision caused no) serious damage, For a time, however, the accident caused serious apprehen- aion on shore. WORST . SINCE EARLY DAYS. DES MOINES, Jan, 30. The worst blizzard since pioneer days has swnpt over Iowa for the past two days. Tonight It abated and the merburyidrop-ped to T below. For the first time in Its 'history, not a wheel on 'the Northwestern railroad, in ; this vicinity, turned after midnight last night. Five tlmt systein' aione. The Burllngto hundred telephone poles are down on reports similar bad luck. INTERFERES WITH TRAFFIC. 2ANESVIU.E, Jan. 30. In the Mus. klngum valley, the snow Is 10 inches : deep on the -level, and drifts several feet- high have knocked out railroad and' street car -traffic, while telephone and telegraph service la carried on under great difficulties and much delay. .FOUND NEARLY FROZEN. NEWARK, Jan. 30. A severe blla-sard which has swept, over this com' munity for the ". last ' 24 hours haa blocked traffic tonight. Adolph'Smlo of Rochester, N. Y was found nearly frozen to . death today and tiikm te the hospital. Mis condition la thought to be serious T of he ed lis hat for he i alt if .'-. ;., : ,V'"'-'- -V"'